Professor at the Institute of Linguistics and Language Studies of the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. On Faculty (Department of Applied Linguistics) since 1981.
As a linguist specialized in Discourse Analysis, my two main research concerns are:
1. language and identity.
2. language education.
3. Projects and publications on representation of language and national identity in political essays on language issues. Focus on the period of large scale immigration and national organization in Latin America Southern Cone countries. Study of the consequences regarding socio-cultural identity issues and cultural heterogeneity in South America today.
4. Case-Studies on the transcultural component in the language curriculum, and on the reading and writing learning process at the university and high school levels.

Current project: Bilingual anthologies as discursive representation of cultural identity and as instructional materials.